sfm: Can't believe that I am the first to comment on this absolutely stunning game.

Doesn't Larsen know that he is supposed to attack the white king on the Q-side, in the usual who-gets-mated-first race? No, he does not. Instead he plays against White on the K-side, doing risky pawn advances while maintaining security for his king in a delicate balance.

A move like 15.-,g5!?!? could only have been played by Larsen - and Tal himself!

Kazzak: Very fun to follow, though it should be pointed out that Tal himself made serious efforts to have this match postponed due to ill health, and that he considers his play completely sub-par throughout, filled with (his) mistakes. (According to TLaGoMT).

I was thinking the same thing, but thought I should put in the info, as Tal makes a big issue of it in his book. He fought with the Soviet chess federation, which sabotaged his attempts to move the match.

But that's his POV.
Yes, health issues do tend to be used to explain away losses - but there's little doubt that Tal's health was frail at the time.

Howard: Exactly what was the purpose of this match ? I recall reading that it was for a spot in the 1970 interzonal, but wouldn't both Tal and Larsen have been seeded into it ? They both were in the 1968 Candidates obviously. And the four players who were eliminated in the quarterfinals (Gligoric, Portisch, Reshevsky, and Geller) were all in the interzonal.

Petrosianic: Only the 3rd place finisher in the Candidates got an Interzonal spot back then. Those other four people probably got in the Interzonal by qualifying for it. (Reshevsky and Geller definitely did).

Honza Cervenka: 19.Rf1!? was worth of attention. Then black has nothing better than 19...Qg6 (19...hxg3?? 20.Rf3 +-) 20.Qxh4 Kg7 21.g4 Rh8 22.Qf2 Rh3 23.Ne2 e5 24.Ng3 with a nice position and more than sufficient compensation for sacced Exchange.

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